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Dodging Pitfalls When Transitioning from Academia to Industry

How to navigate the jump successfully and prove to interviewers that you’ll be a great hire

Archy de Berker
Towards Data Science
8 min readFeb 20, 2021

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In 2016 I finished a PhD in neuroscience and made the move to tech. Since then, I’ve worked as a data scientist and product manager in several companies. I’ve also spent a lot of time screening and interviewing candidates for data science roles.

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Product manager & data scientist. Writing about AI, building things, and climate change.